Chad Timmons
Location
Pomona, CA
Huntington Beach, CA
Education
C
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
August 2022 - April 2026
expected degree
Bachelor's
major
Aerospace Engineering
Work Experience
M
Maelstrom EVTOL Structures and Manufacturing
Research Assistant
August 2023 - present
company
Maelstrom EVTOL Structures and Manufacturing
title
Research Assistant
overview
- September 2023 - Present
- Introduced to the design and fabrication process of a UAV with support of faculty and a team of roughly forty members in an extracurricular senior design program
- Introduced to, and using programs such as SolidWorks and OpenVSP to simulate and design the interior structure of the wind tunnel model and other miscellaneous parts
- In charge of the structural analysis and design of the wind tunnel model
- Transportation of EVTOL to flight testing
Skills
Aerospace EngineeringAerospace ManufacturingAssembly and InstallationBallisticsCommunication SkillsComputer SimulationData CollectionDronesEngineering MathematicsFlight TestingGoogle SuiteKnowledge of AvionicsKnowledge of the Aerospace IndustryManufacturingMATLABMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft WordResearch and DevelopmentSimulationsSolidWorks (CAD)Structural EngineeringSystems EngineeringTeam WorkingTechnical SkillsTelemetryTransportation ManagementWindows AeroWind TunnelWriting of Reports